Home Organization, Decluttering, and Cleaning Ideas for November
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With Thanksgiving, cozy nights in, and various holidays on the horizon, it’s good to give your home even more TLC than usual in November. We have curated a variety of different organization, decluttering, and cleaning ideas to give you guidance and day-by-day plans to get your home looking and feeling fresh and clutter free.
General Decluttering Calendar
Our November declutter and organization ideas give you a full month of ideas to reset and reorganize various areas of your house.
- Organize your wallet and purse.
- Put away ten items that are not in their right place.
- Set a 15-minute timer to go through mail & other paperwork.
- Put away the Halloween decorations.
- Find one item to donate and one item to recycle.
- Tidy and organize any display shelves and wall art/photos.
- Set a timer for 15 minutes and tidy the kitchen.
- Choose one drawer in the kitchen to declutter and organize.
- Choose three shelves in the pantry or cupboards to tidy and organize.
- Take 20 minutes to tidy a bit more of the pantry/cupboards.
- Wipe down the small appliances in the kitchen.
- Clean and organize the fridge for 20 min.
- Organize your tea and coffee supplies.
- Toss any broken dishes and mugs.
- Tidy and organize the spice cabinet/shelf.
- Set a timer for 20 minutes to organize the remaining things in the kitchen.
- Toss any single socks without a pair.
- Choose one shelf in the closet to declutter and tidy.
- Choose one drawer in the closet to declutter and organize.
- Organize all the hangers in the closet.
- Donate shoes you no longer need.
- Sort through your accessories and organize them.
- Find one item (or more) in your closet to donate.
- Declutter and tidy the nightstands in the bedroom.
- Set a timer for 20 minutes and go through the house putting things away.
- Organize your books (donating what you want).
- Pretend guests are coming over and tidy the living room.
- Find one item (or more) in the living room to donate.
- Take 20 minutes to tidy and organize the bathroom.
- Go through your fall photos and organize them.
Get the November Decluttering Printable here. The weekly calendar for November 9-15 is available here.
Cleaning Checklist (Often-Forgotten Things/Places)
This cleaning checklist is great for those areas of the house that we can often overlook or forget about.
Read the ideas and get the Cleaning checklist printable here.
We hope you find our calendars useful. With all the hosting and the time spent indoors, it can be tough to keep your home organized.
You may also enjoy our other November calendars and ideas as well as general fall ideas and activities.
